1937 Map titled "Early Colonies" part of the "Sanford-Gordy American History Series: with European Background and Beginnings." Published by A. J. Nystrom & Co., Chicago. It features one main map (labeled A) and three inset maps (labeled B, C, and D). Map A, "Settlements in the English Colonies, about 1700," compares early and later settlement areas as well as the boundaries of the Plymouth Co. (charter 1606), London Co. (charter 1606), London Co. (charter 1609), and land open to both companies between 1606 and 1609. Map B, "Early New England," shows the territory boundaries for Plymouth, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay, New Haven, Martha's Vinyard, Nantucket Is., and which Indigenous tribes owned the land. It also shows the route of the Mayflower. Map C, "Early Virginia and Maryland," shows the various routes of Captain John Smith as well as different cities and rivers surrounding the Chesapeake Bay. Map D, "New Netherland," shows territory that was settled by the Dutch along the Hudson and Delaware rivers as well as important towns and cities like Brooklyn, New Amsterdam, and Hoboken. The map folds down into its attached, brown folder titled "SG 7 Early Colonies" and "Maps and chart for Teaching of the Social Studies." Unfolded it measures approximately 97cm tall x 124cm wide.